Snap-in clipboard



M. W. GREY June 25, was

SNAP-IN CLIPBOARD 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 13, 1966 FEW June 25, 1968 M. w. GREY SNAP-IN CLIPBOARD 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 13, 1966 INVENTOR.

June 25, 1968 M. w. GREY SNAP'IN CLIPBOARD 3 Sheets-Sheet Filed Oct. 13, 1966 INVENTOR. M V/GEEV Fig. 8

3,389,806 Patented June 25, 1968 3,389,806 SNAP-IN CLIPBOARD Mike W. Grey, Box 217,

Hooker, Okla. 73945 Filed Oct. 13, 1966, Ser. No. 586,434

Claims. (Cl. 211-50) 1 ber 22 to which is provided a support plate 25 parallel to the base plate 27 and between which is also disposed a support rod 24.

On the support rod 24, there is provided in frictional engagement a support block 30, which may be repositioned upwardly or downwardly along the support rod 24 as desired.

The clipboard 12 is seen to be comprised of a fiat board member 36, a pair of pin members 38, 38 mounted toward one edge or peripheral side of the board 36, and

spatially disposed with respect to each other for receivsnap-in clipboard constructed of a combination of e-lements in which the clipboard is readily disposed for mounting on said parallel rods and beingheld thereon by a resilient knob arrangement constructed on a flange body of said clipboard, and in which the flange body is of resilient material such as rubber and the like.

It is contemplated within the purview of the invention to provide a file board or clipboard having a pair of pins extending upwardly from the clipboard for carrying and securing thereon a series of stacked sheets having apertures disposed near the periphery thereof, such sheets being prescription or other sheets of information, and in which the file or clipboard is adapted to be removably secured to a pair of vertical parallel rod members by an arrangement of perpendicularly disposed recesses on the end of the clipboard having the clip means, the recesses adapted to accommodate the pairs of rods, and in which there is yieldable or resilient head or knob at the mouth of one of the recesses for generally retaining the clipboard upon said rods.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide -a clipboard adapted to be stacked with other similarly constructed clipboards for a removable file unit which may be with facility reinserted into engagement with the rods thereof to provide a ready reference,

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an updating file arrangement in which a clipboard is removably engaged to be secured to a pair of rods for use in a pharmaceutical establishment for enabling the personnel thereof to quickly and with facility find and refer to any prescription filled in the device of the present invention.

The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent upon full consideration of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of a stacked array of clipboards on a rod arrangement in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of a clipboard of FIGURES 3 and 4.

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of a modified construction of the clipboard showing a holding means in order to position the clip in an open position overcoming the bias of said clip means.

FIGURE 7 shows the clip means in its open position and held by said clamp, and

FIGURE 8 shows a sectional view taken along lines 88 of FIGURE 7.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a support structure 10 for a stacked array of clipboards 12, 12 which are mounted on a pair of rods 14, 14. The rods are mounted from a base block 16 and have their upper ends mounted on a flange 18 secured to a vertical member 20. The vertical member 20 has an upper block meming sheets 42 having filing apertures 44 at the edge thereof as is shown 'in FIGURE 4. The apertures on the sheets are placed on the pair of pin members so that the sheets are stored and maintained in a fixed filing system on the pin members. A spring-biased clip means 46 is mounted 'ona flange body 48 and holds the sheets on the pair of pin members by engaging with the pair of pin members.

The flange body 48 extends across an entire end of the board 36 and includes the extension portion 50 which includes a rod receiving recess 52 on the left side of the clipboard 12 for receiving the rod 14 as is demonstratively shown in FIGURE 3. The recess 52 extends generally parallel to the length of the flange body 48. On the other end of the flange body 48 there is a further rod receiving recess 54 as is clearly shown in 'FIGURES 3, 5 and 6-8. The recess 54 extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the general shape of the recess 52 and the recess 54 is provided with a knob 56 of resilient material disposed at the mouth or opening to the recess 54 so that it tends to retain the rod 14 within the recess 54 as is illustrated in FIGURE 3.

There is shown additionally in FIGURE 3, a U-shaped pivotally mounted hold-down means 60 so that the sheets 42 are held in a generally flat posture as is shown in FIG- URES 1 and 4. The U-shaped hold-down means is pivotally mounted by pivots 62, 62 shown in FIGURE 3 and the pivot means 63 for the pivots 62 are mounted on the opposite edges of the board 36.

There is further illustrated in the embodiment of FIG- URES 68 a clamp for holding the clip means 46 in a generally open position as shown in FIGURE 7. The reference numerals otherwise used in FIGURES 6-8 are corresponding in feature and construction to similar reference numerals in FIGURES 1-5 inclusive.

It is seen that by the construction of the apparatus of the present invention, the snap-in clipboard construction of the present invention provides a ready and easy method of storing prescriptions and other information on removable sheets that are stored on clipboards, and in which the clipboards may be removed with facility from a pair of parallel disposed rod members.

Additional embodiments of the invention in this specification will occur to others and therefore it is intended that the scope of the invention be limited only by the appended claims and not by the embodiments described here and above. Accordingly, reference should be made to the following claims in determining the full scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A clipboard comprising a board member for stacking sheets of paper, said sheets having filing apertures at the edges, a flange upwardly extending from top edge of said board,

a pair of pin members mounted on the board for receiving apertures of said sheets in filing said sheets thereon,

a spring-biased clip means mounted on said flange for closing and securing the filed sheets on said pair of pin members,

s aid fiange having an extension body including rodre: 5. The invention of claim}, in which a third tgd is eeiving recess extending parallel to said flange dismounted on said base parallel to said pair of rods and posed on one side of said clip means and a rod relocated at an edge of said clipboard, relative to said ceivingrecess extending generally perpendicularly of stacked array and on which an adjustably positioned supsaid flange disposed on the other side of said clip 5 port block is provided to mount said stacked array. means, and a resilient knob for retention of a rod t Y t 1 in said perpendicular 'recess. 4 a References Cited- 2. The invention of claim 1, wherein a U-shaped pivot UNITED STATES ATE ally mounted hold-down means is centrally mounted on r opposite edges of said board. I t 10 1'488962 4/1924 3. The invention of claim 2, wherein a clamp for hold- 1,883,270 r 10 ing the clip means in an open position is provided by ,be- 2,164,496, 7/1939 7 g y 2,472,828 6/1949 Hazel 12252 3 ing mounted from adjacent the flange body to engage the clip means. g

. 4 The invention of claim 3, in which a pluralityof 15 RO 34 15 "man; .'2

said clipboards are mounted in stacked array on a pair W, I). LOULAN, Assistant Examinerof rods connected to abase. l y t c 

1. A CLIPBOARD COMPRISING A BOARD MEMBER FOR STACKING SHEETS OF PAPER, SAID SHEETS HAVING FILING APERTURES AT THE EDGES, A FLANGE UPWARDLY EXTENDING FROM TOP EDGE OF SAID BOARD, A PAIR OF PIN MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE BOARD FOR RECEIVING APERTURES OF SAID SHEETS IN FILING SAID SHEETS THEREON, A SPRING-BIASED CLIP MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FLANGE FOR CLOSING AND SECURING THE FILED SHEETS ON SAID PAIR OF PIN MEMBERS, 